During the game, I check my Twitter account (@Adam_matic) to keep tabs on the other area football teams.

Havelock takes down West Carteret, 67-0, and West Craven holds on for a 27-7 win in Jacksonville.

With only two weeks remaining in the regular-season, I couldnít be more pleased with our area teams.

New Bern (7-2, 4-0 Eastern Carolina) can clinch at least a share of its conference title with a win at D.H. Conley on Friday.

The Vikings (7-2, 3-1) dropped their first Eastern Carolina Conference game Friday at Eastern Wayne, putting New Bern a game up on Conley and J.H. Rose (8-1, 3-1).

New Bern has averaged 56 points on offense in four conference games, while the defense has limited its same opponents to 9.7 points a game.

The aforementioned Hughes, with double-figure Division I scholarship offers, has 20 rushing touchdowns and 12 passing scores to just one interception.

Running back Cody Purdie has more than 900 yards and eight touchdowns.

And what about those Havelock Rams?

The two-time defending 3A state champions look determined to make it to this yearís state finals in Raleigh.

Havelock (10-0, 5-0 Coastal) has won 24 games in a row, dating back to the second game of the 2012 season.

The top-ranked Rams have outscored their opponents 220-0 this month, while the defense has allowed five offensive touchdowns all season.

Four-star recruit Derrell Scott is running over, through and around opposing defenses with more than 1,200 yards and 16 touchdowns.

Matthew Boykin has emerged as a dangerous weapon in the Ramsí arsenal. The junior scored four touchdowns Ė two on a pass, one on an 81-yard run and another on a punt return Ė in Havelockís win over West Carteret.

The Rams havenít skipped a beat at quarterback with junior Travis Sabdo following along the lines of Pharoh Cooper, Garrett Crowe and Danny Webster. Sabdo has more than 1,600 passing yards with 23 touchdowns to just three interceptions.

The defense is playing lights out, led by five-star recruit Keion Joyner, a sophomore, along with Andrew Ramirez, Anthony Fisher, Akenno Godette and a very physical group.

The Rams have a bye week before traveling to Vanceboro to play West Craven with a possible conference championship on the line.

Who could have predicted that at the start of the season?

If West Craven (7-2, 4-0 Coastal) takes care of business on Friday at Swansboro, the Eagles would then host Havelock for the title on Nov. 8.

A team that went 6-6 overall and 4-3 in the Coastal Conference in 2012 is undefeated in conference play after beating Jacksonville on Friday.

The program notched three wins in 2010 and 2011.

The Eagles have a punishing defense with a knack to force turnovers. They took the ball away four times against Jacksonville.

Senior Alkeim Harley is a leader on offense and defense, as a quarterback and defensive back. Tyquail Raynor, along with Danny Harvey, Kenny McDaniel, Tyrone Brown and Kylikke Green are playmakers on offense.

Despite a devastating loss to Lejeune on Friday, first-year head coach Kevin Yost has revived the Pamlico Hurricanes.

From one win in each of the past two seasons, the Hurricanes (5-4, 2-1 Coastal Plains) are still in the hunt for the top seed in the conference if they beat Jones Senior and Southside, and get help with a Lejeune loss.

Unfortunately, and it is truly upsetting that they will have to play without senior quarterback NaQuan Gibbs who broke his collarbone Friday. Key defensive lineman Arthur Randall suffered a sprained ankle.

Gibbs had passed for more than 1,100 yards with 17 touchdowns, while gaining nearly 800 on the ground.

The Hurricanes have the talent to compensate with Cameron Moore, Josiah Simmons, Tarik Davis, Will Becton, Tony Credle and Connor Hough.

Itís been a fantastic 10 weeks of high school football in our area with four teams on the verge of playing in the postseason.

Iím on the edge of my seat waiting to see it all unfold.

Adam Thompson can be contacted at 252-635-5669 or at Adam.Thompson@newbernsj.com. Follow Adam on Twitter @Adam_matic.

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